Dergiler / ENT Updates / 2020 / Cilt: 10 - Sayı: 3
Role of Vitamin D Deficiency on The Onset and Prognosis of Bell’s Palsy
- Dergi
- ENT Updates
- Sayfa
- 439–443
- DOI
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Özet
Objective: To investigate the role of vitamin D on the etiology and the prognosis of Bell’s Palsy (BP).Methods: A prospective controlled clinical study was conducted on patients diagnosed as BP and healthy volunteers as control group. Vitamin D levels were measured inall subjects. In a homogenous group, effects of vitamin Don the etiology and prognosis were evaluated accordingto House-Brackmann (HB) grades of participants.Results: Vitamin D levels were similar in the BP and control groups. In BP group, patients with advanced HB gradeshad lower vitamin D levels. Moreover poorer outcomes(p=0.01) were achieved in patients who had <10ng/mlvi-tamin D, regardless the initial HB grade.Conclusion: Our results demonstrated a possible role ofvitamin D levels on the prognosis of BP. Lower vitaminD levels may have a negative effect on recoveryparticularly in patients with advanced grades.